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PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY G, 1900.
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A III' ON THIS HAINS.
This is the first bright gonial sunny
morning that we haye bail in three weeks
for twenty-one days it has rained every
day save one. The crops are in a bad
fix; the corn and cotton are hidden by
grass and weeds, and labor ia scarce, for
the negroes are wanted in the mines.
Most of the wheat has been cut, but
how much of it will be saved cannot yet
be told. Within my recollection of
fifty years I do not recall bo much rain
in harvest time. According to scripture,
it seems to be the same old story, for
Solomon says, "As rain in harvest so
ia honor unseemly in a fool." They
had too muca rain and to-) many fools
then just as we do now. Maybe Provi
dence sends the rain to try the farmers
to make them diligent and shifty. I
traveled on the Eist and West railroad
last week for sixty miles aud I noted
some farms that were clean and nice
the corn and cotton chopped out and
the wheat shocked in the field; one of
these belonged to a widow, and she and
her three girls and one boy were just
finishing the cotton. Markham dident
write anything about the woman with
the hoe, nor the girls, but one of these
girls was merry enough to wave her
bonnet at somebody on the train besides
me. Some farmers sit down and wai;
for tomorrow's sun to dry off the grouudt
but tomorrow's 6un dident shine, and
so they wait till next day. Others slap
in every chance and do something; I
know one who began to cut his wheat
Monday morning just as soon as Sunday
was gone for Sunday was the day it
did not rain. He cut half that night
and all day Monday and got through
with his thirty acres, and he says" be
will make 700 bushels. Another dili
gent farmer made 400 bushels last year
on twenty acres, and sowed it right
awav to cowpeas and sold hia pea vine
hay for more per acre than he got for
bis w heat. That is business and Solo
mon says, "Seest thou a man diligent
in hie business; he shall stand before
kings." I am no braggart, but let me
say that if I -had waited for the rain to
quit I would be singing that old song,
"A man of words but not of deeds isi
like a garden full of weeds." I worked
between showers, and sometimes when
Mrs. Arp called and called me to come
in out of the rain I pretended I dident
hear her, and struck a few Uiuiu ncaa
for Mr. Markham. I wish you could
see my bean arbor not butter beans,
but the best and most prolific bean I
have ever planted; I had them last year
on my corn patch, but they do better
on poles or over a cane arbor. Plant
two rows of beans fiye feet apart, and
when they are well up stick them with
canes. Lap the small ends of the canes
together on the ground and get your
wife or daughters to tie them in three
or four places all of uniform length
then arch them over the beans, and
nature will do the rest. I never saw
half as many beans as hang from my
vines. Of course, the rains have stimu
lated the growth of everything, and it's
lucky that vegetables grow upward in
stead of outward. I planted my pota
toes in a trench that was shoveled out
and manured with ashes wood and
coal mixed then covered with pine
straw and some earta on that. They are
the finest I ever grew, and come out of
the straw almost clean enough to cook
without washing. Pine straw is very
valuable in a garden and is cheap, cost
ing only 30 cents for a good load. It is
a good mulch for strawberries, and I
am experimenting with it under a few
tomato plants; most of them I have
trained up "to stakes, but I saw a mar
ket garden near Memphis and all the
tomato vines had tumbled oyer on
wheat straw, and made more fruit,
though not so large, and fine as when
staked. A garden is a small experi
mental farm, and is of as much conse
quence and more pleasure, especially if
you mix flowers with it. Don't throw
away your coal ashes; mixed with wood
ashes, they are a fine fertilizer. Mr.
Berckmans says that ashes produce
fruit, while stable manure produces vine
and foliage. Ashes will double the
quantity of strawberries. Beets gener
ally come up too thick. Thin them
out and transplant; cut off part of the
topa, and the. transplants will make the
best beets. Just bo with celery. But
I don't propose to teach old gardeners,
for some of them can teach me my
neighbor, Mrs. Fields, is the best gard
ener I know of, and I am satisfied if I
can keep up with her. I haye some of
my wonderful beans planted to poles
The poles are from eight to ten feet
high, and it interests me to see the bean
vinea reached up to find something
hieher to cling to. The tendrills are
now two or three feet higher than the
poles, and still reaching up and feeling
around in the air.' I am going to give
them Borne fishing poles fifteen feet long
todav wish I had Borne twenty feet
long. They remind me of Jack and his
bean vine mv children ana grand
children never tire of that good old
story. How a poor widow had a little
boy named Jack who was good to his
mother, and one day Jack saw an oia
giant coming. His head was as big as
a small barrel, hia eyes as big as saucers,
his nose aa big as my arm, his mouth
like the end of a big stove pipe and his
teeth like iron spoons. He came up
the road snorting like a horse, and was
Binging,
"I smell the blood of an Englishman;
Alive or dead 1 must uuve some."
Jack ran in the house to his mother
and she pulled up a plank in the floor
and dropped Jack down in the- cellar
and put the plank back, and moved her
chair and table on it, and sat down and
went to knitting. Here came the old
giant, puffing and blowing like a steam
boat. He dident eat anything but little
boys, and be peeped in at the door and
said, "I'm hungry, and I'm hunting for
a boy." Jack's mother told him she
dident have any boy for him, and to go
off, or she would set her big dog on
him. Then he walked all round the
house and looked down the chimney,
for he was a,8 high as a tree, but he
couldent find Jack. When he went
away and was out of sight, Jack's
mother took up the plank, and reach
ing her hand down, she pulled Jack
out of the cel'ar. Soon after thie a
poor old woman came along and begged
for something to eat, and Jack aod his
mother fixed her up a good dinner and
some coffee, and the poor woman was
so thankful that she gave Jack a bean
aud told him to plant it and it would
grow as high as the sky and have
bushels md bushels of beans, and the
vine would grow as high as a tree in
one night. So Jack planted it right
away, and next morning he went out
to see it, and the top of it was away up
yonder and he could see it growing
higher and higher. So he thought it
would be fun to climb it, and the stems
ot the leayea were strong enough to hold
him up like a ladder, and he kept on
climbing and the bean vine kept on
growing so fast that Jack couldent catch
up with it, and by and he got so high
he couldent see the ground and before
long he got up to the clouds and stepped
off on the blue floor of the Bky, and
looking around at the beautiful countrv
he saw a great fine house that was built
of stone. So he walked over to it and
dident see anybody not a soul nor a
dog nor a cat nor horse nor cow, but be
heard a great snoring inside and saw
bones all around the yard. Then he
peeped in and saw that same old giant
asleep on the floor of the wide hall
His tongue was hanging out of his
mouth and his fa2e was greasy and
bloody, for he hauWbeen eating some
body and laid down to sleep, and his
shoring Bhook the house. Jack was
awfully scared, and started to run, but
he saw an ax near the door, and he
wondered if he couldent kill that old
triant while he was asleep. So ht
sapped in on tiptoe and raising up the
ax as high as he could, .he brought it
down on the old giant s neck, and with
one blow cut his head off. The blood
spouted all over the room and Jack ran
away as hard as he could. By and by
he slipped back to see, and sure enough
the old giant was dead and had stopped
kicking and the blood had stopped run
mng. Jack caught his big head by its
long hair and dragged it away off to
the bean vine and took it down to his
mother, and the folks came to see it
from all over the country, and were
so proud of little Jack that they gave
him clothes and pocket knives and mar
bles and balls, and ever afterwards
called him Jack the Giant Killer. And
there has never been another giant in
the world since, for he was the laBt one.
Many a time have I gA the children
to sleep on that story, for of course I
vary it and embellish it and tell many
things to point amoral and adorn the
tale. I have not forgotten how eaeerly
I listened to the little stories my mother
used to tell me when 1 went to bed, nor
how I devoured the Arabian Nights
when I grew older. Stories that reward
the good and bring grief to the bad
children are great helps to raising them ;
they are kindergartees to the ear and a
comfort to their little minds. I had
rather please them with a little 6tory
like this than to fret myself abusing
Mark Hanna and his crowd, for little
children are nearer heaven than Mark
is, according to my opinion.
Bill Arv.
nree Men Suffer Fearful Injuries by
an Kxploftlon In Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C, June 25. By the
bursting of a cylinder head of an am
monia pump this morning three white
workmen are lying at St. Peter s Hos
pital in a very serious condition.
The pump was sent here from Salis
bury to the Mecklenburg Iron Works
for repairs, and it seems that some am
monia got into the cylinder through a
leak in the casing. When the cylinder
was heated gas generated, resulting in
a terrific explosion. It was heard all
over the western portion ot the city
Fragments of iron varying from the
smallest size to pieces of 30 pounds in
weight, flew with terrible force in every
direction.
Strange to say all the injured received
their fearful wounds in the legs. Morti
mer Ball, a young boy had hia right leg
badly shattered and is not expected to
live. w. W. Levers, black-smith, bad
his left leg broken and right leg cut.
Arthur Fj-azier's right leg was broken
and there was a compound fracture of
his head. His wrists were miured also,
Crawford, colored was burned about the
head and arms. Had the cylinder not
been lying on the ground several work
men would have been killed outright
There were twenty men in the Bhop at
the time of the accident.
Mrs. Rosa Bauragarten-Ducker, who
married m Charlotte on a lew aags ago,
died Mondav afternoon. She was taken
violently ill the evening of her marriage.
June 11th, from which she never rallied.
Admiral Dewey says emphatically
that he would not accept the Demo
cratic Vice-Presidential nomination.
AYCOCK AT rONCOKD.
A Few KxtractN from III rat Vole-
Wlnnlng Stcc4-1i.
Concord Times.
Last week wo did not have time to
report Mr. Aycock s speech here,
owing to the fact that we went to
press only a few minutes after he de
livered it. We simply in the follow
ing present a few of Mr. Aycock's ar
guments, and do not attempt to re
port his speech in full. J t was a great
speech, one of the greatest evfr heard
on the North Carolina hustings. Only
one man, Zebulon 13. Vance, has ever
equalled him.
Mr. Aycock began by saying that
he came not to talk 'in. passion nor
in bitterness, nor to stir up strife.
He would say nothing to unnecessa
rily oli'end any one, and' he would tell
only the truth.
If the Republicans want us to quit
crying negro, let them help us to set
tle the question. Let them vote for
the constitutional amendment and
the question will be settled.
I hear it said that there are white
men and Democrats who are opposed
to the amendment. I want this to
be so. It shows that Democrats think
for themselves, and that they do not
march blindly under orders from
headquarters. This is the strength
of the Democratic party. The amend
ment needs no defence, it needs only
explanation. White men will vote
for it when it is once explained to
them. North Carolina people are not
to be hurried. They are conservative
and want to see that they are right
before they go ahead.
When the Republican party came
into power in our State, in the hour
of our poverty, they first thing they
did was to disfranchise twenty or
thirty thousand white men. The
Democratic party never did disfranchise
a, while man and never will. The Repub
licans enfranchised the negro and
they took complete charge of affairs
in our State. Thcv had all power in
their hands. They ran up the State
debt from $6,000,000 to $42,000,000.
There was no safety anywhere until
the Democratic party again came into
power. Then peace was everywhere.
Why? Because when the Democratic
party is in power the white manhood
of the State is behind it.
The fusionists had every depart
ment. What was the result ? W hy,
the government was so powerless that
the people of Wilmington and other
places took things into their own
hands they were compelled to do so
to protect their homes and families.
We do not want any more force we' ve
had enough of that. Wre want the
ballot that will safeguard our women
and children. Two years ago one
third of the delegates at the Repub
lican State convention were negroes.
This year there were only 21. Why ?
The Republican leaders are keeping
the negro m the background- this
year, uon't let them deceive you
the negro is sure to be on hand elec
tion day.
No government is wiser or better
than the average of the virtue and in
telligence of the party that governs.
What is the amendment? 1 lie
Democratic party cannot disfranchise
white men because it is composed of
white men. The educational qualifi
cation does not apply to any one who
could vote on January 1, 18G7, or at
any time prior thereto, or any one
descended from any such person.
That takes in all the white men and
leaves out 75,000 negroes. A white
manjis more capable of governing than
a negro, and that is just what the
amendment says. White men can vote,
by inheritance. If the negro votes he
must do so by education.
The Constitution says that no man
over 50 years of age shall pay poll
tax. Thus all Confederate soldiers
can vote under the amendment. This
knocks Senator Pritchard's argument
into a cocked hat.
Children under 13 must learn to
read and write. I stand here to say
and declare under my administration
every boy shall have a chance to learn
to read and write. I stand for open
ing the word of God in every home.
Here is the picture of what will be
in 1902, after the amendment has be
come a law : The registrar will be at
his books and a white man will come
up to register. The following ques
tions will be asked and answered :
"Are you 21 years old?" "Yes."
"Have you been in the State two
years?" "Yes." "Have you been
in the county six months?" "Yes."
"Have you been in the precinct four
months?" "Yes." "Can you read
and write a section of the State Con
stitution?" "Yes." "Well, then,
you have all the qualifications and
can vote."
A negro comes up. "Are you 21
years old?" "Yes." "Have you
been in the State two years, lj!
county six months and in
cmct four months i
"Can you read and wri
the State Constitution
"You have the nualifican
vote."
Another white man wish
ter : "Are you 21 years oi a
am." "Have you been in the
two years, in the county six nioni-4-and
in the precinct four months?"
"1 have." "Can you read and write
a section of the Stale Constitution?"
"fcannot." "Could your father vote
the I
before 1807?" "He could." "That
qualifies you and you can yote."
Another negro offers himself for
registration : "Are you 21 years old?"
"I am!" "Have you been in the
State two years, in the county six
months and in the precinct four
months?" "I have." "Can you
read and write a section of the State
Constitution?" "I cannot." "Well,
did your father or your grandfather
vole before 1SG7?" "Yes, sir, my
grandfather was a free negro-and vo
ted before 1835." "Then vou can
vote."
John, the third negro, goes up to
the registrar and says: "Look here,
boss, I thought you wasn't gwine to
let no more niggers vote. I done
seed two vote already. I lacks to vote
myself and I believe I will register."
"Are you 21 years old, John ?" "Yes,
sir, and as for bein' here, I's never
been anywhere else. Was horned
here and stayed here ever since."
"Can you read and write a section of
the State Constitution, John?". "No,
sir, I can't dodat." ' Well, did your
father vote before 1807, John?" "No,
sir, he did.riot." "Well, did your
grandfather vote, John?" "No, sir,
he did not, boss." "Well, did any
of your ancestors vote?" "No, sir,
not as I knows of, did dey, sir."
"Well, John, you cannot vote, and
there are 75,000 just like you in the
State?" That is the amendment in
the nut shell.
Itev. ti. P. IIOMtUk Tells of Murder oi
F.n:liIimaii by the Iloxers.
Ashovllle Citizen.
Rev. G. P. Bostick, a brother of J. B.
and J. T. Bostick of this city, is a Bap
tist missionary to China and is located
iu the territory inhabited by the Boxers,
the fanatical Chinese who have been at
tracting international attention lately
by their hostility to foreigners and the
atrocity of their acts. Rev. Mr. Bostick
spells his name differently from that of
his brothers.
J. B. Rustic has lately had several
very interesting letters from his brother,
giving descriptions of the Boxer upris
ing. In a letter dated January 10 he
lVs of the killing of a Iilcnd of his in
a brutal way. He says : "In this pro
vince (state) and adjoining counties
there has arisen much trouble with the
native Christians with a secret native
society called 'the Big Knife Society,'
that has persecuted them bitterly. The
governor of the province has been rather
friendly to the persecutors, and so the
thing has increased, but we had felt
that foreign missionaries were free; but
on the 30th of December, 40 miles west
of here, a personal friend of mine, an
Englishman, when on the road from
this city to hia own station 50 miles
away, was captured by the Big Knife
society, the members of which after
holding him for a few hours murdered
him in a most brutal and fiendish way
and threw his body by the roadside.
The news was at once given to the Eng
lish and American ministers at Pekin
and very strenuous effortc are now be
ing made to catch and punish these
murderers and put a stop to the society.
WTe hope that things will soon be peace
ful again. Just now our work among
the people is practically stopped, but
there are 200 foreign drilled Chinese
soldiers here, and we feel that we are
perfectly safe. Mr. Brooks' young life
is sacrificed, but we hope that it will
become the occasion of Biich action on
the part of the government, that will
make us even safer than before.
Since the receipt of thin letter Mr.
Bostic has had another from his bro
ther, Baying that since the murdering of
the missionaries he and hU fellow
workers are not allowed to go anywhere
except with a guard of soldiers.
Sending Cotton South.
Atlanta Constitution.
A singular twist in cotton selling is
reported from Cincinnati, in which A.
H. Warren, of that city, shipped to the
Robert Moore Company, -of New Or
leans, 200 bales at 9 cents per pound.
He has other orders-yet to fill.
This same votton was originally ship
ped from New Orleans at 71 cents per
pound, but such heavy cotton ship
ments have been made from the south
that the local supply is running short,
and mills out of stock will have to ship
back from the north.
There were 100,000 pounds in the
Cincinnati shipment, bo that Mr. War
ren's nrofit was $17,500. Cotton was
quoted that day in New York at 9
cents and in New Orleans at 8 J. This
is said to be the first time that the north
has ever been cal.ed upon to supply
cotton to the south
There could be no better illustration
of what the cotton mill means for the
farmers of tb "intr "j -Ivotton miller
by brin
ing mi
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STKONO SFKKCII TO WIIITK MEN.
The Democrat le Nominee for Oon
greMNlu the Second District Tell of
the Intolerable Condition! lit III
Section and How and Why They
MiiKt be Itemovcd.
Charlotte Observer, 28th.
The Democratic speaking at the court
house last night was attended by a very
enthusiastic lot of Democrats.
Claude Kitchen, E-q., was introduced
by Chairman J. D. McCall as the man
who sought the seat now occupied by
the negro Congressman Geo. H. White,
of the Becond district.
Mr. Kitchin was greeted with cheers.
He stated, in the outset, that George H.
White occupied the seat from the Bec
ord district, but that he would have it
after the November election.
The question at issue is whether the
white people, shall control this State.
No Republican is asked to change his
opinion. He can still cling to all the
tenets of his faith, the principles of his
party, but it is asked that the Republi
cans vote in accordance with their color
and breeding aB white men.
"The east knows what negroism
means; you people do not," said the
speaker. 113 described the departure
from the Democratic ranks in Halifax
county in 1S92, 1894 and 1896 and
then came negroism. What happened
in Halifax county obtained in the other
eastern counties. Mr. McKinley ap
pointed 12 negro postmasters in his
county, but Satan took two of these,
said Mr. Kitchin. These appointments
had been made in spite of the protests
of the white people. Similiar appoint
ments in other counties were instanced.
He spoke of the 29 negro magistrates
in his county, and of how the white
tax-payer was at the mercy of the negro.
This was "taxation without representa
tion," and he and his people knew that
this was opposed to every principle of
American liberty or government. But,
with folded arms they waited for the
time when the question could be settled
in peace. He referred to the election
of two negroes to the Legislature, and
how crime began and increased 25 per
cent.
The jfera, the taunts and the insults
of ihe uegroes, protected by negro po
licemen, in Wilmington, were degrading
and intolerable. In Halifax a like atti
tude was manifested on the part of the
negroes.
Mr. Kitchin gave the particulars of
the disgraceful trial in Halifax county,
in which a white man, upon no evi
dence, was humiliated by a charge of
criminally assaulting a negro girl a
case which was Bummarily dismissed.
The speaker described how an appeal
was made to the white vote of Halifax
county to stand together and hoh this
appeal bad been successful, save for 61
votes. Let the white Republicans re
member always that when they vote
against the amendment that they vote
aa the negro rapists would vote a char
acter of men he described by illustra
tions, which showed the horrible work
of the black fiends.
When the negro as a political factor
is eliminated one never hears of an as
sault upon a white woman by a negro
man. In South Carolina, for instance,
there has not been such a case for five
years.
As to the statement made by Linney
and other Republicans that the negro
vote should make the east Democratic
the speaker asked that the condition of
the east be remembered when it was
remembered that the white men of the
east had determined to stand together
and rule at no matter what cost. The
white people of North Carolina are go
ing to stand by Senator Vance's decla
ration that :the neero shall not domi
nate my State," said Mr. Kitchin. The
negro must go fiom politics. Henry
W. Grady's assertion aa opposed to ne
gro rule was put side by side with
Vance's contention these being worth
the support and sanction of all white
men.
"Go back in all history and you will
find that the white man has gone down
before no race. No harm ia meant to
the negro. He is not blamed half so
much as the white man who makes him
a political associate. The Democrats
are stronger and the negro ia weaker;
he shall have his rights in an places
But a right to rule my county and
State is not one of hiB rights, and God
helping me, he shall never have it,
said the speaker. (Cheers.) "We mean
no harm, but we expect to put the ne
gro in a position where he and hia white
man can do us no -harm. There are
two ways to settle this great question;
one in peace and according to the con
stitution and the other God forbid I
The white people of this State are not
only opposed to the 40,000 white people
putting negroes into office, but we are
also opposed to the liiu.uou negroes put
ting bad white men into office. We are
aiming at the bad white men wno turn
; 1 -ir backs on their race. But for the
-oorro votes that we are going to
. V.ftl Ayer or none of
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no Confederate soldier baa been allowed
to vote, or was allowed to yote up to
1893 if since.
With derision the speaker referred to
the Republicans ecare-cry of the injus
tice t -e amendment would do to the
poor white man. The Washington Post
and The Asheville Register, national
and State Republican papers, both de
clared, in effect, that the negro was
better than the poor white man. In
numbers of eastern counties the Repub
licans, to show their iove for the "poor
white men," kicked them out of offices,
which were refilled by negroes. At
Wilmington 14 white policemen were
discharged for 14 negro policemen.
Wilmington brought to mind the re
membrance of the negro editor Man
ley's insult and he described the scene
that ensued how the white men but
no white Republicans had found re
venge for the malice of the publication.
The Republican party was character
ized as the Fred Douglaa party the
party whose legislature adjourned in
memory of that negro. Who advocated
marriages between the, whites and
blacks, and refused to adjourn in honor
of Robert E. Lee. It was this party
that turned down a Confederate soldier
and appointed Abe Middleton, a kinky
headed negro as door keeper in the Leg
islature. In this connection Mr. Kitchin
paid a beautiful tribute to the character
of the Confederate soldier who does
not, and never did have, a friend in the
Republican-party.
.Coming to a consideration of the
amendment, he stated that he felt it
unnecessary to discuss the measure, aa
he knew the position of his audience.
As to the poll tax clause in the amend
ment be said that it would disqualify
no old soldier, no infirm or crippled
people; it would disfranchise only those
big, hulking men who sought to evade
the payment of the tax.
In conclusion Mr. Kitchin Baid that
God had given the white man for hia
protection, as a last resort, hia man
hood. He could only hope, however,
that the coming political struggle might
be settled in mercy and peace and ut
by power and niieht.
This was the first speech ever made
by Mr. Kitchin in this county. He
made a remarkably favorable impres
sion and was frequently interrupted by
prolonged applause. Hia reasoning
was clear and logical and hia speech
was unusually strong and inpressive.
"Hell la Burnt Out."
Baltimore Sun. 2Tth.
"Is Hell's Supply of Brimstone Ex
hausted?" was the remarkable title
of a sermon preached yesterday morn-
ing by Rev. Anthony Billkovsky, pas-,
tor of the Universalist Church, Guil
ford avenue and Lanvale street. The
sermon was a etrong, presentation of
the Universalist argument against a
material hell. He said in part:
"The purpose of Christianity: Jesus
divided all mankind into all classes
those that are saved or are being
saved and the lost. With the former
class we have nothing to do this
morning. We will deal with the
lost.' It was with this class in its
representations of publicans and sin
ners that Jesus all but exclusively
concerned Himself. Thev were the
lost sheep to which He was sent. He
came to seek them, for they were lost,
that is, had gone astrav from the paths
of life, from truth, righteousness and
love. How lorg would He continue
His seeking? Till He found them
and there would be one fold and one
Shepherd. These facts are the.plain
est in Scripture, yet Christianity has
been perverted into a scheme for
soothing the vanity, .pampering the
ease and the coddling of the saved,
while a hell, large, open; pitiless,was
devised to hold the lost. Yet to save
this latter class is the whole, purpose
of God in Christianity."
After quoting the recent' article by
Rev. G. W. Shinn,-in the; North
American Review, entitled "What"
nas tsecome ot lien?" which.. was re- I
printed in The Sun, Rev. Mr. Bil- I
KovsKy gam :
"The monstrosity of inflicting un
ending torture as a penalty for a finite
sin would be infamy in a devil. Who
will dare to impute such conduct to
God? The Universalist Church has
done its utmost to remove this blot
from the face of God. The personal
devil is dead and the material fire of
a material hell is burnt out.
"If, then, there is no material and
endless hell, shall vice and villainy
run riot? Far, far from that; the law
of consequences that each act, deed,
character, brings forth fruit after his
kind abides. It is the unshakable
spiritual reality. It will ever abide.
"As a man sows thus shall he reap.
But best of all in his birthright is his
power to begin at any place i h;
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